Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached in March 2012. On 2 May 2011, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings. On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles and two doubles titles. In 2008, she won the USTA Girls’ 18s national title.
Career Brodsky was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, to Eduard and Julia, moved to Ocean Parkway across the street from Coney Island Hospital in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when she was six, and is Jewish.x, csjl.org. As a youth, she trained on public courts in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. She and her husband and two children live in Kirkland, Washington.
She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title, defeating Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, and CoCo Vandeweghe, the 2017 US Open semifinalist, at 17 years of age. She thus earned a wildcard to the 2008 US Open, where she lost in the first round to world No. 14, Agnes Szavay. She was also given a wildcard into the 2009 US Open, where she lost in the first round to Anabel Medina Garrigues, in straight sets.
She said: “I grew up with a lot of pressure and not a lot of passion for the sport.” Her parents were strict about her diet and other aspects of her life; it was only after she broke all contact with them (she says: “it wasn't a healthy situation”), at age 17, that she tasted her first French fry.
In 2007 and 2010, she won the Ojai Tennis Tournament in women's singles.Past Champions jaitourney.org December 2012 She also won the 2010 Porto, 2011 Gosier and La Coruna, 2015 Victoria, and 2018 Victoria and $60k Ashland singles titles.
She also won the 2010 Landisville (w/Alexandra Mueller) and the 2018 Victoria (w/Brynn Boren) doubles titles.
ITF Circuit finals Legend$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2010ITF Gausdal, Norway10,000 Hard Victoria Larrière 3–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Oct 2010ITF Porto, Portugal10,000 Clay Karolina Nowak 7–5, 6–1Win 2–1 Jan 2011ITF Gosier, France10,000 Hard (i) Sachia Vickery 6–3, 2–6, 6–2Win 3–1 Jul 2011ITF La Coruña, Spain25,000 Clay Alexandra Panova 6–3, 6–4Loss 3–2 Jan 2012U.S. Clay Court Championships25,000 Hard Grace Min 6–2, 2–6, 4–6Loss 3–3 Jan 2012ITF Plantation, United States25,000 Clay Lauren Davis 4–6, 1–6Win 4–3 Jun 2015ITF Victoria, Canada10,000 Hard (i) Naomi Totka 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(3)Win 5–3 Jun 2018ITF Victoria, Canada10,000 Hard (i) Maegan Manasse 3–6, 6–2, 6–3Win 6–3 Jul 2018Ashland Tennis Classic, US60,000 Hard Maegan Manasse 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 23 May 2010 ITF Landisville, United States 10,000 Hard Alexandra Mueller Dianne Hollands Tiffany Welford 4–6, 7–5, [10–2]Loss 1–1 2 October 2010 ITF Porto, Portugal 10,000 Clay Alexandra Riley Ulrikke Eikeri Lena-Marie Hofmann 7–6(4), 6–7(5), [5–10]Win 2–1 24 June 2018 ITF Victoria, Canada 15,000 Hard (i) Brynn Boren Safiya Carrington Alana Smith 6–1, 6–2Loss 2–2 23 June 2019 ITF Denver, United States 25,000 Hard Brynn Boren Vladica Babić Hayley Carter 2–6, 3–6
See also List of notable Jewish tennis players
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